On Thursday, August 19, 2010 08:29:13 pm Josh Glover wrote:
> > Incidentally, I think in the US there is some link
> > between credit card (eg Visa) numbers and zip-codes,
> > and some (most?) large companies
> > won't send material to an address with a zip code
> > that differs from that deduced from the credit card.
>> I've never heard of or encountered this, and have lived in four ZIP
> codes and two foreign countries while using several US credit cards.
But have you ever tried to pay with PayPal for something to be sent
to an address with a different zip-code?
Eg after one of your many moves, did you have to tell your card provider
that you had changed your address?
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